We begin bombing in five minutes : late Cold War culture in the age of Reagan / Andrew Hunt.

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"In the moments before his weekly radio address hit the airwaves in 1984, Ronald Reagan made an off-the-record joke: "I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." As reports of the stunt leaked to the press, many Americans did not find themselves laughi...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond.
Main Author: Hunt, Andrew E., 1968- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021]
Series:Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond.
Subjects:
United States > Politics and government > 1981-1989.
Cold War in popular culture > United States.
Antinuclear movement > United States > History > 20th century.
Peace movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Protest movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Antinuclear movement.
Cold War (1945-1989) in popular culture.
Peace movements.
Politics and government.
Protest movements.
United States.
1900-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:x, 213 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:
Late Cold War culture in the age of Reagan
Format: Book

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